Wednesday, September 8, 2010

It's How I Know

Right about now is my favorite time of the year. My favorite season is upon us. The air turns crisp, the leaves start to change color, and it's time to clean out the garden. I love the fall. I love everything about it. I love how it feels, I love how it smells, and I definitely love how it looks. Fall means so many things. It means kids are back in school, and soccer is starting. It means a final camping trip for the year. It means sweatshirts, it means football and popcorn, and it means beautiful crunchy leaves on the ground. It means helping Grandma gather them up, and it means running and screaming and jumping inside. It means feeding the horses the cornstalks, and picking all of the zucchini, and last but not least it means salsa. It means one large chunk of an entire day brewing the vegetables that have grown in the garden and smelling the sweet, enticing smells of the harvest. It means grinding it all up, and crying while the onions are peeled, and stinging eyes as the peppers are added. It means lots of garlic smelling up the house and seeping into your clothes. It means waiting and waiting throughout the day to taste the final outcome. It's the waiting all day that makes the dipping of the chip worth it as it crunches in my mouth and I finally savor the first taste of fall. It's the salsa that really tells the tale for me. It's how I know that summer has ended and that fall has officially arrived. It's the beautiful salsa all bottled up that tells me for sure that my favorite season has arrived. Just looking at it makes my mouth water. I am certain that fall tastes good!

Recipe provided by my friend DeeAnn.

DeeAnn's Salsa

6 quarts ground up tomatoes6 bell peppers

6 large onions6 jalapenos (4 with seeds added)

6 anaheims (3 with seeds added)1 cluster garlic

Simmer for 45 minutes. Add 1/4 c. salt and 1/4 c. vinegar. Cook down as long as you want for thickening. Process quarts 45 minutes. Process pints 30 minutes. (I also add 2 yellow bell peppers, 2 orange bell peppers, and 2 red bell peppers because it looks beautiful in the bottle! Also change the amounts of jalapenos and anaheims with seeds to your own taste.)

How dare you tempt a pregnant woman with such lovely salsa pictures when I can't be there to eat some. You're so mean! I am so excited for fall. I love pumpkin candles, crisp night air, warm soup and fireplaces. I swear, I live for this time of year!

What a beautiful post! I really want to can salsa too, but I heard you have to put a lot of vinegar in it - and my go to recipe doesn't have vinegar. Can you share your recipe! It looks amazing - you are a very talented photographer!

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Hi there. I'm a simple girl who loves taking pretty pictures. It's my outlet. I believe in seeing beauty every single day because it really is there if we look for it. I love the wind in my hair and the sun on my face, and there is nothing in the world that brings me as much joy as spending time with my best friend and my hooligans. My camera travels with me almost daily because life is more interesting when I peek at it through my lens. It has taught me if I change the way I see things, the things I see will change. I'm glad you stopped by. Welcome to my blog.